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THURSDAY.- SEPTEMBER, 18, 1890.
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PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. SEPT. 18. 189a
GRAND AU3IV D4Y.
Tbe deluge stopped short of Grand Army
Day. Tbe clouds threatened but the pic
nic at Itock Point escaped a ducking.
Thousands of Teterans enjoyed the day
to the utmost. Nothing untoward marred
the merry making. The veterans
in blue took their fill of fun
yesterday as they took their fill of
fighting on several other occasions of a
very different order a quarter of a century
ago. In this part of the country at all
events Grand Army Day, those who cele
brated it yesterday agree, has never been so
thoroughly a festival. It is right that the
day should be a joyous one, though there
must always be a tnread of pathos running
through a gathering of veteran soldiers who
once fought side by side and whose numbers,
alas! death diminishes every year. The picnic
appears to have been a success in every re
spect, and considering the fact that ten or
twelve thousand persons participated in it,
the managers and the Fort "Wayne Railroad
ate to be congratulated upon the smooth
working of their plans.
The picnic is a departure from the custom
of the Grand Army of the Republic in cele
brating the day. Usually the old soldiers
have paraded the principal streets of the
two cities, and a very picturesque and
patriotic spectacle they always made. But
walking a half dozen miles over indifferent
pavements is no small tax upon men who,
for the most part, are past life's meridian.
Inclement weather has added lrequeutly to
the discomfort of the marchers. In fact the
parade had decided disadvantages, and the
picnic seems to have answered the purpose
of the day a great deal more satisfactorily.
The veterans have suffered and sacrificed
enough in the service of their country to
entitle them to easy ways and pleasant
paths in their commemorative exercises.
The picnic may, therefore, be hailed as a
welcome innovation which the Grand
Army of the Republic will do wisely to
make a permanent institution.
CABLE ROAD ACCOMMODATIONS.
It is interesting to observe, in the Phila
delphia Inquirer, a reference to the reduc
tion of fares announced on the Pittsburg
Traction road, as indicating the superior ad-
'vantages which Pittsburg enjoys from the
street railway operationsof the Philadelphia
syndicate, as compared with the poor serv
ice which Philadelphia gets. Pittsburg
nill accept three cent fares with great
pleasure, when they arrive. But it may
modify the envy of our Philadelphia cotem
porary to note the fact that the three cent
fares have not yet materialized; and the
date when that boon is to be conferred on
the Pittsburg public is at the indefinite
time in the future when competition brings
them. It seems a demonstration therefore
that when we are able to ride to Oakland,
Schenley Park or East Liberty for three
cents, we will be called upon to direct our
outpourings of gratitude to the force of
competition rather than to any particular
corporation.
It is further interesting to observe that
tbe fiercest attack of our Philadelphia co
temporary upon the Elkins-TVidener syndi
cate is because it does not give the Phila
delphia people open cars in the summer
time, but makes them ride in box cars, while
"Pittsburg people will ride and are riding
in splendid cars." We should be glad to
rejoice in the superior fortune of Pittsburg;
but if, on the principle that misery loves
company, it mitigates the woes of Phila
delphia, there will be a melancholy pleasure
in informingour Philadelphia cotemporary
that Pittsburgers are riding in box cars on
the YVidener-Elkins line as well as on all
other cable and electric lines in the city.
Indeed, except for the superior excitement
of having hats, if not limbs, carried away,
it is doubtiul if with the rate of speed aimed
at by our rapid transit lines, open cars
would be either desirable or comfortable.
Uut Philadelphia should learn from its own
experience, as well as that of Pittsburg, the
universal rule that if open cars are desir
able the surest way to get them is to main
tain competition between the street railways.
Competition is as sure to bring superior
accomodations and good service as cheap
ness of fares.
"With the organ of one political leader
pitching into them in Philadelphia and the
capital of another building a competing
line in Pittsburg, Messrs, "Wideuer and
Elkins must be inclined to think that poli
tics have nothing in store for them.
MAKS AND IPS MANIFESTATIONS.
Tne importance of the progr ess in astro
nomical discoveries as illustrated by a let
ter of 31. Camille Flarnmarion, to the Paris
Jlerald, commented upon in these columns
a few days ago, is further shown by recent
observations of the planet Mars, which the
same authority brings to the public at
tention. These observations add support of the
theory that intelligent agencies are at work
on that planet, in vast engineering works
discernible by telescopes of the highest
power. M. Schiaparelli, of the Milan Ob
servatory, discovered that a large sea on
that planet nearly of circular shape has
been cut in two by a yellow band. A large
lake has also been bisected by a similar
band, while five immense canals had been
cut in two by straight lines parallel to
each other, in the same way that similar
canals were observed to have been divided
years ago. The question as to what agency
it is that is dividing the seas, lakes and
canals in this manner,is a wonderfully inter
esting one. The intimations of the astrono
mers are very strongly in favor of the theory
that these phenomena are the work of in-
telligent agencies on the planet Mars, with
great energy and skill in utilizing the
forces of nature, for engineering purposes..
The long, straight and narrow canals on
Mars, when first observed in 1877, and again
in 18S1, were nearly all of them double. The
reason of this doubling, as well as of the
bisection noticed this year, is a problem
that has defied the formation even of an
hypothesis. All the indications that bare
been discovered on this interesting planet
at a distance never less than 35,000,000
miles, while they may be taken as manifes
tations of life, are, as far as noticed, mani
festations of a lite so foreign to that on tbe
earth as to make it impossible to say ex
actly what they signify. These problems,
as M. Flarnmarion says, can only be solved
by the construction of a gigantic telescope
which will bring Mars as much nearer to us
as the most modern telescopes do in compari
son with the smaller instruments with
which the earlier astronomers first disclosed
the secrets of the firmament
The best time for the observation of
Mars will be in 1892. The opportunity to
be utilized by having a telescope ot unex
ampled size and power, to observe tbe indi
cations of life on tbe planet, is of an import
ance and interest that all who have followed
these observations will perceive. It is
to be hoped that science and wealth will
unite in preparations which will enable the
world to learn the real cause and nature of
these remarkable indications of activity on
its distant neighbor.
RAISING MONEY FOR ROADS.
The time of year has now arrived when
country roads become again impassable under
the equinoctial rains. Farmers tugging in
the mud, in vain effort to get full loads to or
from market or railway station, can take to
heart the saving in comfort and money of
macadam over mud.
Nothing has signalized the year in Penn
sylvania more usefully than the thorough
ventilation of the country road issue by the
newspapers, by the engineers and by the
State Commission. The Dispatch ex
plorers'.graphie description of the delays,
dirt and perils of travel during tho spring
months fixed the public eye and mind on
the monstrous mud-puddles dignified
by the name of roads. The engineers,
for their part, then got figuring,
with the result of showing that in the item
of cost of hauling, including the mainte
nance of double and treble horse power to
do given work, the prime cost of same and
the cost of sustenance, not to speak of loss ot
time and wear and tear of vehicles and har
ness, the farmers are paying enormously for
the luxury of mud. Macadam not only
makes the civilized highway, but is vastly
cheaper in the end. And this does not be
gin to take into account the increased value
of farm lands, particularly in all districts
adjacent to cities, towns and villages, which
comes from good roads.
As for the State Commission, its duty is
yet to be done. "With the scientifically as
certained facts before it, proving the wisdom
and economy of well-planned, well-built
roads, it should not hesitate to recommend
them. That some of the farmers don't want
any better than they have; that others don't
think their farms will be improved; that a
few fear an increased tax, should be no bar
to the recommendation of what is best and
what will pay best in the end. How to pro
vide the cost of the improvement is the only
thing to consider. The State partly by di
rect contribution and partly by guarantees
should be able to meet that, just as older
countries have paid for their macadamized
roads. In fact, great part of the cost
might well be laid on posterity, which will
find no more agreeable investment than
easy, pleasant and durable country roads as
compared with the impassable morasses
which are now the order for six or eight
months of tne year.
It is a qnestion how to do with least em
barrassment of cost what it is proven to be
profitable to do. The most reasonable plan
will be to make a start on a moderate scale
in certain quarters, spreading the cost over
a long period upon the State's guarantee,
the benefited property to pay its part by
small installments.
HENBEL'S POINT ON STATE FUNDS.
There is no doubt that Mr. Hensel stated
the facts and the law in his speech at Bead
ing when he reviewed Candidate Dela
mater's relations to the State Treasury
deposits and to the Constitutional provision
respecting the same. But it is due to say
that Delamater in this matter was wholly in
the line of bad precedents. For many years
under the different administrations of the
Treasury at Harrisburg, the public moneys
have been placed where they would do the
most good politically. In the early seventies
there was a very vigorous campaign within
the Republican party, meant to reform
abuses which then arose from the placing of
what were known as the "unexpended bal
ances." But the Constitutional prohibition of
profit from this source to legislators is, as
insisted by Mr. Hensel, clear enough. And
it can hardly be an available or helpful de
fense to this charge, that, in other and more
important matters, the Republican leaders
have also set Constitntional mandates
lightly aside when it suited the powerful
interests on whose behalf, in preference to
the public interest, they elected to act.
Hensel's point is pertinent.
A REPUBLIC AT LAST.
It is worthy of notice that, this week,
Brazil will hold an election for members of
a national Congress, and will thus place
itself finally,and by act of tbe people, in the
list of representative and republican
governments. It is taken as a foregone
conclusion that tbe Congress when elected,
will adopt a constitution modeled on the
basis of our own, which has been prescribed
for it by the somewhat unique method
from a republican point of view of an edict
from the military junto which has held
power in Brazil since the overthrow of Dom
Pedro.
The election of a.repressntative Congress
and the adoption of the constitution will be
the proper time for the congratulation of
the United States. These were prematurely
urged by some of the press, and extended
by Congress, long before Brazil became a
republic For the fact is that since the
revolution which expelled Dom Pedro, up
to the time when a representative body as
sumes the function of legislation and adopts
a constitution, Brazil has not been a re
public, and has been even less of a repre
sentative and constitutional government
than under the Empire. Her rulers have pro
fessed republican principles, but during the
nine months of the Provincial Government,
neither the form nor the methods of the
Government have been republican. General
Da Fonseca's administration did not hold
power by the voice of the people, but as a
military government by means of a military
insurrection. It did not govern by consti
tutional methods, but by edicts suppressing
the liberty of speech and tbe press; and the
first time the people of Brazil have had a
chance to make known their wishes, either
as to the form of government or the laws, is
at the election held this week.
That the Da Fonseca government has at
last permitted an election for a legislative
body Is a fulfillment of its republican pro
fessions, but a very tardy "one. It ought not
to require three-fourths of a year for a revo
lution, professedly in the interest of popular
rnle, to put the power in the hands of the
people. Brazil is to be congratulated on Its
safe delivery from the perils of military
dictatorship as much as from the rnle of tbe
Empire. It would not be inapposite for
this nation to extend its congratulations at
the time when they are most pertinent.
STORM AHEAD IN CONGRESS.
The chances are that the proceedings in
the House of Representatives to-day will be
exceedingly lively. Congressman Cheadle,
the nnterrified Republican from Indiana, is
in eruption again. Yesterday he protested
against the seating of Mr. Langston, the
colored Virginian who defied Mahone add
lived. There seems to be very fair occasion
for Mr. Cheadle's protest, and he is not
the only one on the Republican side
who believes Mr. Tenable, the Democratic
candidate, was fairly elected as the returns
show by a clear majority. It is said that
the committee was influenced in awarding
the seat to Langston by a desire to placate
the colored vote, as if Congressmen were
ever swayed by such considerations! Mr.
Cheadle aired his objections in most incon
siderate style yesterday, and to-day when
the vote will occur on the question there
promises to be a row of pretty large dimen
sions. It the row kills a job and gives a
seat in Congress to its rightful owner it will
be welcome.
Me. McLaughlin, of Brooklyn, is being
lampooned by some of the Republican organs
for having told tho German Democrats of
Brooklyn that he did not recognize a claim for
office based on foreign birth or descent; bat
that be would only support appointment on the
basis of American citizenship. The idea of in
sisting that foreign nationalities should in poli
tics discard everything bnt their citizenship of
this country is as incomprehensible to the
average political organ as that other ideality
abont keeping the most efficient men in office
regardless of party lines.
Mr. "W. U. Hensel's claim that the
Constitution of the State should be respected
by tbe State officials, will be regarded by tbe
Republican politicians as a barren ideality like
the other one, that It should be obeyed by the
corporations.
The New York Press thinks thatthe Sun's
cat must be dead because thelatter journal pub
lished a report that President Harrison wants
Ciarkson to succeed Quay as Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, while Clark
son's candidate for the Presidency is General
R. A. Alger. But this does not necessarily in
dicate that the Sun's cat has expended the last
of it3 nine lives. Perhaps that intelligent
feline credits tbe President with recognizing
that bis candidacy will have to be rolled into
one with Alger's in order to make a respectable
Presidcntal boom.
A New Yobk man avers that city pride
will prevent New York from asking an appro
priation from Congress in aid of the Grant
monument. It is pleasant to learn that New
York has city pride. It may lead to her having
a monument.
It is comfortable to notice that the em
bargo on brick shipments to New York, at
tempted by tho joint edicts of brick handlers
and brick manufacturers who decided that, be
cause they got into a tight, tbe city should not
have any brick, is proving a failure. Cargoes
of brick are still going to the city so as to keep
up building operations. Tbe law of supply and
demand is mightier than human edicts, even of
the combination class.
Scaling the heights of Rock Point with
a substantial lunch as the reward must have
struck some ot the veterans yesterday as a
great deal plpasanter than a charge down tbe
Bloody Lane at Antietamwlth bayonets for
desert.
"When Mr. Enloe gets himself in the
position of defending the dignity ot tbe House
and Senate against the attack of a Republican
Congressman on Quay, the numerous instances
in which be has been rebuffed by Speaker Iteed
are all compensated for, and even tho denun
ciations or the Republican correspondents for
"his mischievous meddling" cannot disturb tbe
satisfaction of the leunesseean.
Sagacious Dr. Depew yesterday ad
vised the farmers of New York State to organ
ize. He believes in organized labor when it is
outsile the New York Central Railroad.
The exact value of that conference be
tween tbe German and Russian Emperors may
be estimated from tbe renewal of the Triple
Alliance for seven years, and the official growl
of Russia, that it "will oblige Russia to lay aside
her peace illusions and redouble her vigilance."
In other words the conference amounts to ex
actly nothing.
Me. Pattison and several other Demo
cratic notabilities will be here on Octobers
Pittsburgers will bo able to make comparisons,
odious though they be, of hand-shakes.
The threat that the omission of Storrs
township from the Congressional apportion
ment will inflict upon Ohio the necessity of
having all its Congressmen at large, calls at
tention to the fact that there are a great many
Congressmen at large throughout the country;
but Speaker Reed is doing bis best to call
them in.
The failure of the big Boston banking
firm of Gardner, Chase & Co., is not likely to
affect Pittsbnrg interests, bnt it is an ugly sign
of financial stringency in the East.
The Judiciary Committee, as we pre
dicted, came very near recommending the re
moval of all Mr. Kennedy's speech from tbe
Mecord. Tbe unobjectionable residuum will bo
so small that Fighting Bob will have to procure
a microscope to find it. But the incident is not
quite done with yet.
There were skies of blue for the boyB of
blue, and the Rock Point picnic was a glorious
victory tor the Grand Army of the Republic
The announcement by a Chicago paper
that that city is "one of the most important
hydrophobia centers in the country," warrants
the hope that Chicago will send for Pasteur
and get herself cured before she tries to hold
the World's Fair.
POLYGAMY HOLDS BWAY.
The' Utih Commission Recommonds Far
ther Lezislttlon.
Salt Lake City, September 17. The Utah
Commission has forwarded to the Secretary of
tbe Interior a lengthy report of Its operations
and proceedings for the year ending September
L.1S90. The principal feature of the report is
the recommendation of further legislation In
support of tho existing laws to prohibit polyg
amy. The commission is in receipt of reports from
registration officers which enumerate 11 male
persons, who, it is believed, have entered into
the polygamic relation since June, 1889. Credit
ing them with one plural wife each would give
82 persons thus reported as entering into the
relation forbidden by law and said to be forbid
den by tbe church authorities. Tbe belief Is
also expressed that only a small proportion or
tbe polygamous marriages are reported, as
many of the registrars aro members of the Mor
mon Church.
fllrj. Snrnli Teuiplrton Sulnn.
Mrs. Sarah Templeton Snlnn. wife of William
P. Shlnn, Vlco President of the .New York and
New England. Railroad, died yesterday at tne
residence of her husband, on 1'cna avenue, near
Murtland. Arrangements ror the funeral have
not yet been made, bat will be announced later.
OUR SHORT STORIES.
DE SMOKE-HOUSE INSIDE.
'The ancient "aunty" was bewailing the hard
fate that made her a washerwoman. When
asked as to how she came to be nllingso bumble
a position, she said: "It's all 'cause mer hns
ban wuz so cu'Is, boss. Yer never knowed'im,
did yert His name wuz July. He wuzde
Smahtes' niggah eber you seed in yo' bo'n days
an' de mos' cu'iser. Dey wuzn' nothin' private
ronn' 'lm, boss, 'ceptin it had er padlock on.
We tuck up wid one nuther des 'bout de time
er de s'render an' in 'bout er jeer we maird.
July wuz so smaht, boss, dat 'e made or livln'
'thout wuckin', an' it take er smaht niggah ter
do dat. Yer know dat Mister Sam Peters,
whut lives ober dar in de big white house? Ypr
does, does yerT Wall, sab. he done dat niggah
er mine de meanes' trick. He ain't nuthin' but
po' white trash fur all lie fine house an' kerrige,
like er sho' nuff buckra man. It hu'ts ma ter
tell 'bout it, it 'nz so mean. Mister Peters be
bad er big smoke-house, he did, an'
ev'ybody wuz er sayln' an' er sayin' how
cu'is it wuz on do inside. Co'se all dis made
dat niggah er mine cu'is to see ef de house wuz
like dey all done said. Mr. Peters didn' like
July an' July knowed ef 'e went dar an axed
'lm ter let 'im see ef de smokehouse wuz cu'is
like ev'ybody said, dat he wouldn't do it. So
one night July he 'termined ter seo ef dat
smoke-house wuz cu'is like e'vybody done said
it wuz. He went dar an' be tried de do' be did
an' it wuz locked. Den he tried de winder an'
open' it des ez easy. He look inside an' it wuz
dark an' he couldn' see ef de Inside wuz like
dey all said. Dcnhe''cided ter jump down in
side. Dez ez he did, er spring gun whut oat
mean, 'ceitful white man done set, went off an'
shot 'im right troo de laigs. Mr. Peters come
outen de house an' find 'im an' send fur de
she'iff an' he put July in jail an' when he got
well dey sent 'im ter de pentenchery. Dey all
done said dat he wuz er tryin ter steal de meat
whut wuz in dat smokehouse, but, boss, I know
de truf. He didn' want ter steal nuthin', be
des wantcr see ef dat smokehouse wuz ranged
cu'is inside like ev'ybody said it wuz.
WHAT AILED HIM.
"G00D evening, uncle."
"Ebenmg, "boss, ebening."
"How are you getting along?"
"Tol'ble, sah, tol'ble; gwina ter go a leetlo
slow case de roomatism got er grip in dese laigs
er late."
"You are not quite as spry as you used to
bet"
"No, I ain't dat."
"Where is yonr brother Sam?"
"Ob, he done dies out o' dis life two yeahs
ergo, he did."
"Did ho die in bed?"
"No. an' he didn't want to, neither; four er
five men tried to mek him to do it, but dey
couldn't hoi' him dar, so dey couldn't."
"Why, what was the matter with him?"
"Well, do doctahs said ez how be had de
hilarious trimens, but I guess it was de snaiks,
an' dey wuz big ones. reg'iar boa'stnetors. dey
wuz. Yas, he had 'cm large, mighty large,
boss. Dey done got erway with him, dey did."
HE MODIFIED IT.
nTJTHAT changes have been wrought in and
around Pittsburg within the last two
decades," soliloquized a well-known financier
on Fourth avenue, a3 he ran hack in memory
to the time when many of our fashionable
suburbs wero "way out in tho country,' and, tn
fact in timber, where the wild lox dug his bole
unscared and tbe jaybird warbled his carols
from the top of the sturdy beech tree.
"I can recall lots of apple orchards and
melon patches that lured us roguish boys out
from the city to explore," be went on.
"There were thrifty farmers and sluggards
then as, now. Oneofthoso lazy, shiftless fol
lows I remember Sam D., whose farm was
then almost where the heart of Wilmerding is
now, and his methods of farming were at great
variance with those of his more pushing neigh
bors. He seldom did any work in the fields, bnt
when he did it was always out of season, and
when the least possible good could apparently
result Bnt bis land was very productive
and be would have fair crops despite his indif
ference to their cnltivatioc. One day along in
the latter part of June he got out his horse and
shovel plow and concluded to go in and givo
his corn patch a dressing. The corn hadn't
been touched since it was planted, and it
and the tares had been permitted to grow along
together until both were almost as high as the
horse and as thick as a jungle. The magnifi
cent growth of vegetation of all kinds pre
vented Sam from following the rows to a cer-
tamty, and a neighbor, passing after he had
started the plow, stopped at the roaaside to
watch operations, unawares to Sam. The horse
groped steadily along, nipping the corn and
any of the flowers he fancied that grew between,
while the plowman was intently peering along
to be satisfied the furrows were in the right
place. Suddenly the plow tore out a hill of
fino corn, when Sam, rather vexed, cried out,
'Gee, Kit,' and then, craning his neck to
make sure that his command was correct, mod
ified it by saying, 'a little, I believe.' Sam
never beard the last of that. He is now lo
cated in Kansas and doing well, I hear."
LIGHTENING HIS LABORS.
J-)ABLINQ." murmured the wife of tbe
young editor, "Don't these literary
cares sometimes seem like a heavy burden?"
"They do, Carrie," he said with a heavy
sigh. "Tbe load seems at times too great for
me to bear. But tbe work must be done."
"Is there no way, Richard," she said
caressingly, "by which you might be relieve d
of a portion of this severe mental labor and
worry?"
"I know of none. I cannot afford to hire any
help in this department, and if I could I do not
know of any ono whom I consider fully com
petent?" "It has not occurred to you, I daresay,
Richard, that I might relieve you ot much of
the work myself?1'
"You. Carrie? Soil your pretty fingers with
ink stains and furrow that lovely brow with
literary cares? No. nor'
"Do not shut mc out from your cares and sor
rows, Richard. 1 am sure I could lighten your
burdens if you would givo mo a chance. I was
one of the best essayists in my class at school,
and I havo always thought I would succeed in
literature if I had the opportunity."
"Carrie," said tho young husband, his voice
trembling with feeling, "I appreciate the ten
der devotion that moves you to make this offer.
Yon might, it is true, do much to help me, dar
ling. Witn your aid and your generous sym
pathy there is much of the drudgery of my edi
torial life that would become easy.
"And I will do just whatever you want mo to,
Richard,'' exclaimed the delighted young wife.
"Then, Carrie," he said, wiping away a tear
of joy, "look over this half bushel of poetry
that's going in next week and see if there are
any beastly dad-dinged acrostics among them."
ALLEGHENY UNITED BEETHBEN.
The Openlne of the Flftr-Sccond Annual
Conference.
rerECUL txliobam to thi dispatch
Scottdale, September 17. The fifty-second
annual session of the Allegheny Conference ot
the United Brethren Church was opened in tho
new church here to-day. Over75 ministers and
delegates are already present. The Conference
was opened by Bishop J. Dickson, of tbe Leba
non Valley College. Rev. L. W. Stahl was ap
pointed Secretary pro tem. An election of of
ficers for tho ensuing year resulted in the se
lection of Rev. J. E. McClay. Chairman; Rev
H. F. Shupe, Secretary; Rev. L. W. Stahl. Sec
retary pro tem.
Bishop J. Dickson appointed on tbe Commit
tee on Applicants the following divines: W.
A. Jackson. D. Shearer, E. A. Zeek, L. "vy.
Stahl, J. W. Baker; the Committee on Boun
dary. D. Shearer. E. A. Zeek, J. P. Stahl, Jr.
L. W. Stahl, G. C. Marsh. H. Schum and J. pj
Aulcney. Bishop Dickson delivered an excel
lent address. ReY. H. F. Shupe preached the
sermon this evening. Tbe Conference will re
main in session several days.
PEACE TS SAN SALVADOR.
Grent Celebration of tho Pcoplo on Ezetn's
Election.
La Libebtad, September 17. The festivi
ties on the 15th instant in celebration of tho
election of General Ezeta as Provisional
President of San Salvador were enthusiastic
ally taken part In by the people. A great
municipal banquet was given, at which the
new President of San Salvador assisted, and
in the evening a State ball took place in the
theater. Pre-ideiits Uarnllas. ,of Guatemala,
Bocran, of Honduras, Sacasa, of Nicaragua'
and Roderiguez, of Casta Rica, and President
Diaz, of Mexico, have tendered their con.
gratulatlons to President Ezcta upon his
election by Congress. The country Is at peace
and business Is active again.
HOW WILL YOU VOTE?
Topic for Exposition Vinitors to Ballot on
During the Last Three Day This Week
Pool Selling on Raco Tracks Risbts
of Fnnernls Organ Recitals Prize E-
nr Topic.
The topics chosen for Exposition visitors to
vote upon at Dispatch Headquarters, Uruni-
wlck-Balke-Collender Billiard Company's space,
during tbe last three days of this week aro
given herewith. You are asked to' cast your
ballots to-day and to-night on the following
question:
Should Pool Selling be Permitted on Race
Courses ? Open to Lady and Gentlemen
, Voters.
FBIDAY'S VOTING TOPIC.
Should Funerals Have Right of Way Over
Street Cars ? Open to Lady and Gentlemen
Voters.
SATUKDAY'S VOTING TOPIC.
Should tho Free Organ Recitals in Carnegie
Hall, Allegheny, be Kept Up? Open to
Lady and Gentlemen Voters.
The Poll Book will open and close with the
Exposition each morning and evening.
TO PROMOTE PITTSBURG.
Handsome Prizes Offered for tho Beit Essay
on u Splendid Topic.
The Prize Essay Contest this week will he
open to all writers except those directly or in
directly connected with the Press of Pittsburg.
The topic chosen is:
What Public Undertakings will best and most
speedily promote the fuiure Greatness and
Prosperity of Pittsburg.
The DisrATCn offers the following Prizes
for tho three best essays on tho above topic:
First Prize 830
Second Prize IS
Third Prize 10
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L The essay must not exceed 2,000 words.
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if., Saturday, September 20.
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ant must accompany MSS., name only for pub
lication if successful.
6. The Dispatch reserves the right to pub
lish any contribution, whether it be awarded a
prize or not.
Stop at The Dispatch Headquarters,
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CARROLL-STEVENSON WEDDING,
A Prominent Manufacturer and Allosbeny
Belle Join Ilnnds for Life Surrounded
by Wealth, Beauty and Fashion Ma-y
We 1-Known Rlannfaclnrers Present,
The wedding of Mr. Ralph Waldo Carroll,
manager of the American Iron and Tube Com
pany, to Miss Sarah Louise, eldest daughter of
Mrs. J. B. Stevenson, of Allegheny, took place
in the Second U. P. Church, Allegheny, yester
day evening at 6 o'clock, amid the happiest
surroundings. There were SIX) people present,
representing the wealth, culture, beauty and
fashion of the two cities. Just as
tho sun was shedding his last rays through the
windows of the handsome edifice, striking tbe
pyramid embankment of plants and flowers at
tne altar, and forming a beautiful tableau;
while tbe organ responded to the touch of Mr.
Ernest Beatty, and pealed forth Wagner's
wedding march, "Tannhanser," the happy
bride and groom marched down tbe left aisle.
Tbe ushers were Charles S. Holmes and C. E.
Miller, of tbe Monongabela House; P. D.
Beatty.of the Charlotte Furnace Company, and
Henry McKnizbt. Manager of the McKnigbt
estate. At the altar the ushers parted
and allowed the bride and groom
to pass in the center, immediately in front of
the altar, where they were met by Rev. David
Robinson, D. D.. pastor of the First U. P.
Church, who read tbe ceremony. The couple
then marched ont of tbe church again, followed
by the ushers, while the organist played
Clarke's "Triumphal Ma-cb.'
2 his is the second brilliant wedding in the
same church within a month. The parties are
both prominent in society circles. Miss Steven
son, a bright and beautiful brunette, of cul;
tare both in music and elocution, being a grad
uate of tbe State Normal School at Indiana.
The groom, Mr. Carroll, has been connected
with the American Tube and Iron Com
pany for ten years, and is favorably
known as one of the most promising young
manufacturers in Pittsburg. The bride was at
tired in a plain steel-gray suit with hat and
gloves to match. She carried a gorgeous boquet
of fdarechal Neil roses, the gift of the groom.
She was unattended save by the groom, upon
whose arm she constantly leaned from tbe time
the church was entered until the wedded pair
departed.
Among those who were present were: Mrs. J.
B. Stovenson. mother of the bride; Misses
Martha, Mai and Bessie Stevenson, sisters;
MissM. . Pressley, Wooster. O.; Miss Jane E.
Leonard, Principal of the Indiana State Norm
al School; Hon. R. Carrol and wife, Louisville,
Ky., parents of tho groom; Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Carroll, Pittsburg: Mr. I. O. N. Carroll, Lilly
dale, N. Y.; Mr. V. L Carroll, Pittsburg: Jlr.
W. G. Carroll, Louisville, Ky.; T. L. Harper,
manager of Painter & Son's mill; Charles R.
Dallas, manager Moorbead & McLean's mill: T.
S. Blair, of the Steel and Iron Improvement
Company; A. S. Matheson, of the American
Tube and Iron Company, and many other well
known manufacturers.
Mr. W. G. Carroll, brother of the groom, as
sisted Mr. Beatty in furnishing music for the
occasion, by rendering in a very clever manner
several cornet solos. The floral decoration was
the work of Luawig & Richter. who displayed
rare taste in the arrangement of the plants and
flowers. After tho wedding the bridal party
went to the homo ot the bride s mother on
Grant avenue, where an elegant supper was
served by Luther. Later in the evening they
departed for an extended Eastern trip. They
will go to Philadelphia first, thence along the
Jersey coast to New York, up tbe Hudson and
to New Port, to Boston, back to Baltimore and
Washington, from where thov will go to Mid
dleton to be tne guests of Colonel James
Young, President of the American Tube and
Iron Company. When Air. and Mrs. Carroll re
turn to Pittsburg they will take up ' their resi
dence in tho East End.
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
Justice Bradley, of the United States Su
preme Court, amuses himself making al
manacs. Hamilton Aide, an Anglo-Greek author
and a kinsman of Mrs. Henry M. Stanley, will
accompany the party on its American tour,
probably to act as historiographer.
Among the candidates for United States
Senator in Wyoming is ex-Congressman
Downey, who will be remembered as tho great
original poetic contributor to the Congressional
Record.
The book descriptive of their three years'
residence in India, which the Duke and Duch
ess of Connaugbt are at present engaged upon,
is to be published in German as well as
English.
Genebal Beaukegakd, who has been in
Cbicaco for several weeks visiting his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. H. T. Beauregard, a daughter
of General Harney, Is now in Now York for a
short sojourn.
Henry WATTEBSON.as tho guest of tho
Massachusetts Reform Club at tbe Hotel
Brunswick in Boston, September 26, will tell
what be knows about "The tariff and the
sectional problem."
Mb. Michael Anagnos, ,a son-in-law of
Mrs. JuVa Ward Howe, has returned to his
home at the Institution for the Blind in South
Boston, after an absence of 15 months in
varions parts of Europe.
It is now understood that the Rev. Howard
ATacQueary, the Episcopal clergyman of the
Diocese of Ohio, who is accused of heresy, will
be tried as soon as the Bishop of Ohio, Dr.
Leonard, can attend to tho matter.
Mbs. Owen Connolly, widow of a wcalthv
Irish-American, has jnst given her splendid
residence in Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, Can., to the Sisters of Charity, to be
used as a boarding house for women.
His biographers now ascribe the remarkable
vitality of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes to his
regular habits. Tbe rooms he occupies are
equipped with barometers, thermometers and
various other ometers, to prevent his incurring
tbe slightest risk ot taking cold.
JIiss Winnie Davis has accepted an Invi
tation to attend the Piedmont Exposition at
Atlanta, Ga., as the guest of tho city. Mrs.
Davis says, that she is just now very busy revis
ing tbe history of Mr. Davis, and that if she
can complete the work she will bs delighted to
go to Atlanta.
SNAP SHOTSJN SEASON.
The backbiter should be muzzled.
Fashion leads women by tbe nose The
men are not so very bard to pull either. The
ranks of the swellish squad are recruited
daily, and dress Is demanding both time -and
attention. A London tailor has one young
man on his list for 303 pairs of trousers in 12
months: and the customer pants for more.
Here's the dally dress schedule of a London
swell: In tbe morning, a tweed suit. After-noon.-a
frock coat, smarter waistcoat, bigger
tie. Eveninp, full dress for dinner. Finale;
smoking jacket. This leaves little time for
business. And now comes the French tailor
with new and startling notions about fnll
dress. Black is too somber; they want same
thing gay, bright, chic. They advocate pint,
blue, heliotrope or other flashy dress coats.
These to cover embroidered or embossed vests,
the tails to flap against silver or pearl-sray
knee-breeches. Frilled shirt fronts and cuffs
complete the rig, the whole overtopped by a
French hat. The first to don this toggery in
an American drawing room will tako desperate
chances if he ventures forth. But fashion has
its devotees the world over. Don't be sur
prised if you run across a dainty darling
decked out In Parisian toggery next winter.
Don't shoot it, either. Itcawnthelp it, you
know, indeed it cawnt.
It is a pleasure to note that we are supplying
a great many rural exchanges, as well as some
metropolitan journals, with ready-made para
graphs. A little credit now and then would not
be ont of place, brothers.
When politicians talk abont feeling the
public pulse they, not the people, are ailing.
If tbe sun shone
would bo fallow.
all the while the fields
Mil. C. C. Mellob, the musical man, has
flopped to Pattison. Chairman Andrews will
undoubtedly make note of this;
WnENyou send lor
charge the nurse.
the doctor don't dis-
The baseball season ends October i. Let
Thanksgiving Day be shifted to that date this
year, please.
Race hobses should be well posted.
Hand-painted shirt fronts are offered for
men's wear. Yon will not be able to tell a drop
of tobacco juice from a daub, hence slobber
ing lovers of the weed will appreciate them.
Perhaps if all the L O. TJ.'s were called In
the tight money market would be relieved.
If you want to read what don't happen at a
political convention peruse the organs. Tbey
grind the same old tune day in and day out.
The Blairsville Presbytery is Bealcing. Per
haps tbe poultice of Christian charity will be
applied perhaps not.
Rich soil is found In the shadow of a vol
cano. Where arc tho merciful? At 7 o'clock yes
terday morning a fine-looking dog was hit by a
cable car out Fifth avenue. A broken leg and
a bleeding bead told the force of the blow. Tho
suffering brute was dragged to Chestnut street
and left alone in its agony. Passers by looked
at tbe twitching limbs and beard the painful
casps. Probably a policeman saw the specta
cle. At least one should have, as at 10 o'clock
the brute was still in its death throes. Surely
beats are covered at least every three boars.
If an officer passed, why was tbe dog permitted
to suffer so long' Be merciful, ye guardians
and people! Even dogs deservo pity at your
bands.
To err is human, except during a game of
baseball.
If a ballet divertisement were introduced
in church services nowadays pew rents would
go up and worshipers would be tnrned away.
The Krentzer Sonata might aptly be called
the Devil's Hornpipe.
The shopkeepers aro busy in spite of the
weather. Many of tbe customers are country
folk, who are combining business with pleasure.
Make the -bargain counters attractive, and be
as attentive to the woman and man in home
spun as the ladies and gentlemen in satin and
diagonal.
The opposition Beems determined to give
Candidate Delamater something to talk about.
Dignified silence or the plea of "not guilty"
will hardly answer Editor Hensel's charges.
Tbey are unique, but forcible. The campaign
promises to be mighty interesting.
AS we journey through
nerals.
life we meet fu-
The spiritual needs of the upper Mononga
bela folk must be well suppiiad, judging from
the beer kegs and little brown jugs littering
tho levee.
Thebe's a good deal of talk about the next
House. For goodness sake, gentlemen, wait
until the present agony is over.
Thebe's no necessity to discuss tbe coming
man. It's the coming woman that calls forth
anxiety.
It requires patience as well as bait to catch
fish.
Summer seems to think she has no right to
die.
When English ship builders go into business
on our coast a merchant marine is in sight.
We have lots of land, water, oak, iron and
workers, gentlemen. They are all at your dis
posal, too.
If the orange crop fails the wreck will be
complete.
Don't bank on appearances. A fine hat sets
as well on tho cranium of a blockhead as on
the brow of a brainy person.
Bakebs are kneady m(Sn.
If the praises sung for the dead were even
whispered while they lived lighter hearts would
have ceased to beat when the snmmons came.
Ii- there be virtue in persistency and gabble,
woman will eventually be recognized in poli
tics.
Electricity is the greatest freak of the
age, and museum managers cannot corner it
either.
When M. Flammarlon, of Paris, adjusts his
gigantic telescope tho world will learn what
the man in the moon has been laughing at all
the time.
WnEN yon see a man falling don't give him
a push.
If Satan was married he would have to stick
closer to home.
Hope can be blasted without wasting powder.
Hypocrisy may pass muster on earth, but
there will be no masquerading in heaven.
Ball Playek Waed has made 125 runs this
season and struck out once, matrimonially
speaking.
The man who discovered the oyster deserves
a monument If tbe subscription was started
in New York perhaps he could be found by tbe
time fnnds and a site are secured.
It's the policeman's shield, not his club, that
overawes law-breakers.
IF monkeys could talk they would not be half
so funny.
If happiness wero pur-ued as vigorously as
wealth there would be more laughter in lile,,
Don't tie to tho fellow who gives you-his
finger tips instead of his band. The heart can
be carried in tbe palm as well as on the sleeve.
Only the rich and tbe reckless are eating
f rnit now. Willie Winkle.
Ilnril to coo Tboni,
From the St. Paul Globe.j
It is about tho time hen baseball manage
ments begin to look for tbodlvidends. Most of
them will require large magnifiers to observe
much this season, but they will have useful ex
perience to apportion to stockholders.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
BIr.'Donchoo on the School Qnestion.
To the Editor ot The Dispatch :
1 havo had my say on the school qnestion.
and have no desire to repeat it, retract it, or to
explain it away. As my remarks on that sub
ject did not appear in The Dispatch yonr
readers are left to draw their conclusions from
the adverse criticisms which were published in
your columns of Saturday and this morning.
So far as the criticisms of my own people are
concerned I can say after a thorough Inquiry
from the officers ef my church and others that
not a single unfavorable comment has been
made upon that sermon by any one who wor
ships with us or supports the means of grace in
my congregation. It is true some coarse re
marks have been indulged in by a few loons on
the street whose faces are never seen in any
assemblage of Christian people, and who
would be only too glad if they could find any
thing to say which would injure the cause of
relizion. Not one ot these critics, for whoso
opinions on this or any other matter I do not
care a farthing, so much as took tbe trouble to
read the sermon referred to. As to tne re
marks of Brother Kidall, who would have your
readers to believe that I bad advocated a
division of the school fund, I can only reply
that charity would lead mo to believe that ho
did not read my sermon at all. I preached it,
wrote it, read it as published, and I have been
unable to find the slightest mention or the
school fund, much less anything that hints at a
division of it for any purpose whatever.
I havo no hope of accomplishing anything
with such critics as these to whom I have rc
f orred, hut I am so far desirous of continning
in the esteem of yonr Impartial readers as to
allay any fears that may have been thus occa
sioned as to my position regarding a division
or the school fund, by assuring them that when
such an issue is raised, but which I do not re
gard as imminent, they will find me where I
have always been, on the side of the public
school, and prepared to defend it against god
lessnes on the one band and church control on
the other. If candid critics will consult the
article published from tbe pen of the late
Archibald Alexander Hodge. D. D., in the
Princeton Jieview, on the subject of which I
treated in mv sermon, they will find that I onlv
followed in the line which be so ab!) advocated
as a solution of the difficulties in the way of
making the public school acceptable to all.
From past experience I know there are minis
ters who will shut up on the instant when they
And Dr. Hodge quoted authoritatively on any
subject about which tbey had been Idly prating.
" E. R. DONEHOO.
.riTTHBUHG, September 15.
A Woman an tbe Divorce Question.
To the Kdltor of The Dispatch:
While reading in The Dispatch to-day the
article headed "Seeking for Divorce," I was
surprised to see tho causes given for the same,
also stating that women seemed most anxious
to sever the nnptial knot. How little does the
individual know of tbe suffering of some
women, those who take abuse, beating, neglect,
starvation, and yet stay with their brutal hus
bands sooner than make known their domestic
troubles, because they know wero they to do so
it would be an everlasting disgrace to their
families, while by keeping their secrets the
wives have every respect shown themselves
and children.
I The writer makes another remark, injwhich
he says that natural gas give3 wo men too many
Idle momenta. He no doubt thinks of the say
ing in the Bible, !'idlenes begets sin." Women
are looked upon as slaves by a great many men.
Perhaps he is one of those who would not carry
a bucket of coal or ashe3 for fear it would
make his wife lazy, or lichten her burden.
What causes most unhappiness are two things
first, drink; second, evil companions those
who lead young married men astray. These
companions will guy the young husband by
telling him he is tied to his wife's apron string,
etc. Foolish man! instead of showing himself
masterof tbe situation, he goes with those that
have laughed at him, and the one he has sworn
to love and honor is neglected. Tho result is
dissatisfaction, charges and counter charges,
hnsband and wife separate, makeup for a time,
separate asain, and then divorce is sought.
Were we to sift the matter, we woriul flnrt
that men cause most of the trouble. There are
certainly some bad women, but where can you
find a more faithful being than a true wife?
How many men are there to-day who can raise
their hands and say they are constantly faith
ful to their wives? Very few, were they to tell
the truth.
How many women will you find who are toil
ing and slaving to keen their families and a
drunken husband as well? Yet few drunken
men think of wife and children while making
merry in a barroom. So you see there are two
sides to every story, and were the men to do
half right, there would be more domestic hap
piness and less separation and divorce.
Mks. T.
.tcttsbcbg. September IB.
Too Much Bobbing Around,
To the Editor of The DIspatcn:
How many votes do you suppose Delamater
got by bis bobbing 'round throiigh the mills of
the city? Or do you think he got any? It
ought to be beneath the dignity of any candi
date (irrespective of party) for the high posi
tion of Governor of tne grand old Keystone
State to go round the country soliciting votes.
I am a Republican, but cannot go him; and
there are thousands who, were they not afraid
of the bosses, would ignore him. Too many
vote for the party tbe man is a secondary con
sideration. Such men. in my humble oniMbn.
are not good citizens of this grand old Repub
lic. Oh, for a retnrn to the days of Old
Hickory, when tbe office sought the man.
Wo will await the "Ides" of November, when
something will drop, and the question will be
who "struck Billy Patterson?" MailBoY.
Pittsburg, September 15.
Jnmbo and His Owner.
To tbe Editor of The Dispatch:
Was It Forepaugh or Barnum whoso
ele-
pbant. Jumbo, was killed on a railroad?
Pittsburg, September 16. Reader.
TJumbo belonged to Barnum. Killed in rail
road accident in Canada.
Octobor 3. 1SS3.
To the Editor or The Dis pa tec:
When was the old Exposition
burned.
Pittsbtbg, September 16.
building
R.L.
HO MEMBERS' CHILDREN ADMITTED,
Said the Committee at tbe Army of tho
Cumbclinil Sacietr.
Toledo, September 17. At 11 A. ir. the So
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland began its
reunion at Memorial Hall. The session was
called to order by Judge R. H.Cochran, who,
after prayer by Rev. P. S. Steven, turned tho
meeting over to General Rosecrans, tho Presi
dent. The Treasurer's report showed a bal
anco of $2,160 on hand. The Committee on
Membership reported in favor of not changing
the present provision regarding honorary mem
bership, and unfavorably upon allowing chil
dren of members to join the society.
A rcsolntion was adorned for the appoint
ment of a committee of five, of which Colonel
W. S. Colburn shall be Chairman, to visit the
field of Cblckamauga in connection with the
Secretary of War andChickamauga Park Com
missioners. Tbe permanent committees were
appointed, and a message of fraternal greeting
sent to the Army of West Virginia, now in
session at Parkersburg. After adjournment
the members were driven in carriages about
the eity.
THE SEVENTH SESSION.
Annual Convention of tho Women' Dame
aiiaIomiry society.
rSFZCTAI. TELKOItAir TO THB DISPATCJI.t
Hollidaysbubg. September 17. The
seventh annual convention of the "Women's
Home Missionary Society of the Hnntingdon
Presbyterian Church, convened here this after
noon in the First Presbyterian Church, and
will continue in session throughout to-morrow.
Delegates are present from Huntingdon,
Center and Clearfield counties. The work
among the freedinen was ably discussed this
afternoon by Mrs. L. Freeman, of Huntingdon,
and this evening Rev. U J. McMillan, D. D., of
New York, spoke.
LD3EBTY F0EEVEE.
Pan-Rcpubllcan Advocates Meet to Har
monize the World.
New Yobk, September 17, A committee of
gentlemen interested in the formation ot a
Pan-Repnbllcau Congress and the promotion
of liberty throughout tbe world met at the
office of Judge Aruoux to-day to take measures
for the systematizing of efforts to bring into
harmony the repuolics of the world, and
provide for the more thorough education as
to tbe rights of the people and means to re
dress their wrongs.
It was decided to Increase the committee to
100. The meeting adjonrnedfortwo weeks. ,
Kcncicdj'n Pleasantry,
From the Chicago News.
If Mr. Kennedy tinkers some more with that
speech denouncing Senator Quay the country
will soon believe tbat bis strictures on Mr.
Quay were only intended in a. Pickwickian
sense.
CORIOUS C0NDENSATI0BS.
A thief was tracked in New York the
other night bv the trail be left of stolen silver
spoons.
California has 1,200,000 people, yet they
pay as much taxes as Pennsylvania does with
5,000,000.
An apple that measured 18 inches by 14
inches and weighed 29 ounces has been plucked
in Pomona. CaE
A colored boy in Zmesville, O., is
named Times Recorder Sammons, after the
daily paperpublished there.
The Newport beauties have taken! up
the face massage treatment. The1 luxury re
tails at the rate ot S3 a toilet.
It is estimated that 200,000 bushels of
cranberries which New Jersey will send to mar
ket will realize to the farmers a round million
of dollars.
More than 1,500 Berlin, Germany, store
keepers, mostlydrygoods men and grocers,havo
now signed the agreement 'to close at noon on
Sundays and holidays.
Charles D. Young, a Denver boy of 15.
has just built the sraallert coal-burning loco
motive in existence. It Is about five feet Ion"'
and weighs 235 pounds.
A method of rendering tobacco smofee
harmless to tbe mouth, heart and nerves with
out detriment to its aroma is claimed to have
been discovered at Vichy.
The people of Truckee complain that
tbey havo bad no summer this year. Owing to
the surronnding snow banks they might as well
bo living in a refrigerator.
Farmer Camp employs 250 Pints
Indians in picking hops near Folsom. Sacra
mento conntv. Their time is to be kept by a
young woman of tbe tribe, who is a graduate of
the Reno High School.
Fifteen years ago B. H. Glover, the
President of the Farmers' Alliance, came to
Kansas almost penniless. Now he owns 1,600
acres of fine land. 75 head of horses, 100 cattle
and lots of farming machinery.
The balloon proposed for polar explora
tions is 89 feet in "diameter and 500,000 cubic
feet in volume. The journey is to be begun
from Spitzbergen, and with a favorable wind Is
expected to last four or five days.
John Raymond, of Athol, Mass., has
gathered from bis hens 18.000 eggs so far this
year ana raised 473 chickens, and his wife, be
sides attending to an extensive dairy business,
has sold 60 canary birds of her own raising.
There is now more beet than cane sugar
consumed. In 1881 tbe total of the world's pro
duction of cane suirar was 2,006.900 tons, and of
beet sugar 1.771,600 tons. In I860 the total of
cane was 2,246,000 tons, and of beet 3,360,000
tons.
A sea lion in the Zoological Gardens at
Paris ha3 distinguished himself by saving the
life of a little boy who tumbled into the water
and couldn't get out in consequence of the high
basin. Tbe seal held him up until help was at
band.
The salt works at Saltair, Utah, cover
900 acres. The vats are 15 feet above the sur
face of tbe lake, and aro filled by means of a
huge rope driven at a high speed, which lifts
the brine in a steady strean at the rate of 15,000
gallons a minute.
There is a negro woman living near
Athens who prepares herself for death every
night, and who is always terribly surprised to
find herself alive mornings. She wishes to die
in a blue gown, in which she arrays herself be
fore lying down every night.
A young woman of Rochester, Ont., as
tonishes strangers by the w ealtli andluxuriance
of her raven hair. She is only 5 feet 2 inches
high, but her tresses are 7 feet 6 inches long.
She savs her hair gives her no trouble and she
doesn't know what headache is.
It is asserted that tbe Pennsylvania
Railroad's new train shed, in Jersey City, will
have the largest span in the world. It will bo
256 feet long, 17 feet longer than the celebrated
St. Pan eras station in London. The building
will be 90 feet high in the middle.
The telephone has played an important
part in the maneuvers of the Swedish fleet.
There is a telephone post on board each vessel,
and when lying at anchor they can telephone to
one another by means of insulated conducto rs,
which are run down tbe anchor chains and sub
merged. It ha3 been computed as an illustration
of the great cheapening of ocean freights which
has taken place in recent years, that half a
sheet of note paper will develop sufficient
power, when burned in connection with the
triple expansion engine, to carry a ton a mile
in an Atlantic steamer.
According to a correspondent of the
Topeka Capital stock raisers have noticed in
tbe last three Tears an apparent increasing
sterility in heifers. It is ascribed to the prac
tice of debornitig. Tbe horns on cattle must
fulfill some useful function, or they would not
have been provided by nature.
S. S. Karr, of Almond, N. Y., claims
tbat be wa3 tbe last Union prisoner to leave
Andersonville Prison. He secured the rebel
flag which had so long floated over tbat prison
and the wretchedness and misery its walls in
closed, and has it still in his possession proba
bly one of tbe most interesting relics of tbe
Civil War.
A most singnlar accident happened to
Charles Chick, of Ellsworth, Me. While at
work in a mill a sliver flew from a plank, en
tered his mouth, split bi3 palate in two and
stuck into bis throat so far as to affect the
spine. He was in a very critical condition for
a time, but tbe doctors think he is out of dan
ger now.
Secretary Johnson, of the Indiana State
Board of Charities, reports that there is In one
of the institutions of that State a girl who has
a f aco and some of tho characteristics of a pig.
She realizes her affliction and avoids strangers
in consequence. Thjs is where she differs from
many males, who resemble her in the posses
sion of porky characteristics, which they al
ways intrude on strangers.
A log cutter found a bottle containing
SL000 in gold dust noar Sly Park, El Dorado
county, Cal. He was sawinga tree down when
he struck something. He could not imagine
what the saw conld be striking in the miodle ol
a tree tnree feet thick. After the tree was
down and an examination made a bottle con
taining SkOOO in gold dust was found in the
center of the tree. It was probably put in there
many years ago by some old miner.
A finger nail led to the discovery of a
thief who robbed a factory in France. He en
tered through a window, and the nail wa3 In
some way torn off and left on the sill. The
next day an employe appeared with an injured
flnser and suspicion, of course, pointed to him,
but be' fled before he could be arrested. He
was traced to Paris, and, on the police finding
him in apartments, he jumped out of tho
window and was dashed to death on the bricks
below.
THE LADGUING PHILOSOPHERS.
Kisses are like an actress' diamonds.
The oftener they're stolen the better their owners
are pleased. Life.
A dead man is given more charity than
he can make se of; a living man isn't given u
much as he deserves. Atchison Globe.
"I say, Charley, that man over there must
be a millionaire."
'No, I guess not. He looks too nappy.
Fliegmdt Blatter.
""Why are yon in mourning?"
"For my rich uncle, whose heir I am."
"Is he dead?"
"Ho." Sew York Sun.
The "Wrong Kind. Boy customer I want
to look at some socks.
Clerk Fast colors?
"No. blame ltl I am a messenger boy. Life.
"I can't go Schubert," exclaimed Mrs,
Sklmgullet at the concert.
'But you can go Chopin every day in the
week," retorted her husband. Musical Courier.
"I know where Gilbert got his idea for
bis twenty love-sick maidens and Banthorne,"
"Prom Oscar Wilde, wasn't It?"
"So, Indeed. Frqm a summer hotel. Asia lork
Herald.
"What," inquired the telegraph edjtor of
the sporting editor, "Is the most troublesome
poker query you ever had to answer."
-What have yon got?' I think Is a question
that has bothered me as much as anything else."
Washington Fost.
Very Liberal. "What do you think of
my poem?"
"Which one?"
The -Ode to Besant. "
"It's line. The way you rhyme Beiant with
pleasant' and 'decent' and 'decant' shows that
your muse Is a Ttty liberal-minded younr person.
-Lift.
Not Altogether Inappropriate. "No, Mr.
Ferguson," she said, kindly but hrmly, "I can
not be your wife, lam sorry to be the means of
lnQIctlng-ls It possible, Mr. Ferguson, tbat yoa
can so far forget yourself, tbe occasion, aud my
presence, as to whistle!"
"I was whistling the tune or 'Dennis,' " sI4
the young man bitterly. Chicago Tribune,
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